Reclining device and vehicle seat
AssigneesNHK Spring Co., Ltd., Subaru Corporation
InventorsHiroshi YAGAME, Yuhei TSUKUTA, Masaya SHODA, Noriyuki FUKUCHI, Fumito KITANAKA, Masato FUKUSHIMA, Ayaka KASHIWAGI
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Abstract
In a reclining device, a lock mechanism locks tilting of a seat back. A knob is connected to a lock mechanism, and in a case in which the knob is operated, the lock mechanism unlocks tilting of the seat back. At a time of a side collision of a vehicle, the knob is bent and engaged with a restriction bracket, so that the operation of the knob is restricted. Therefore, the operation can be restricted by the impact load of the knob, and the unlocking of the tilting of the seat back can be restricted.
Claims7
A reclining device comprising:
- a lock mechanism locking tilting of a seat back in a vehicle seat;
- an operation member connected to the lock mechanism, the operation member being operated so that the lock mechanism unlocks tilting of the seat back;
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- an engaging member engaged with the operation member due to an impact load being input to the operation member to bend the operation member at a time of a side collision of a vehicle, so that the operation of the operation member is restricted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.